Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 1197

Emma glanced back at Florence's body as the coroner prepared for the autopsy. Holly collapsed in sobs, wailing like her world had ended.

A shadow of resentment flickered in Emma's eyes. "Whitney's just heartless. If it weren't for her, Florence never would've ended up on this path... I'm not letting this go. She's not getting away with it, and she sure as hell isn't lording over me."

"You're right, ma'am. The Sheldon family is yours and your father's to run. Who does she think she is, causing all this trouble?" Sienna spat out the words like they tasted bitter, her lips twisting into a cold, encouraging smirk.

Arm in arm, the grandmother and granddaughter left the funeral home, their family's black sedan waiting at the curb.

Beneath the old oak outside, Whitney's figure was all sharp lines and iciness as she walked away. Her face was calm, unreadable, but her eyes carried a storm. So this was Emma's plan all along-trying to push Sienna into marrying Shane. It all made sense now.

Whitney could only shake her head. Emma never failed to come up with new dramas. Honestly, the idea of taking over the Sheldon family had never even crossed Whitney's mind. Her dad was still alive, her mom had come back-she wasn't exactly interested in whatever scraps the family had left.

Was Emma just getting paranoid with age?

Whitney let out a small, sarcastic laugh. Deep down, Emma had never really accepted her. What was with the holier-than-thou attitude, anyway?

to pull the Nelsons onto her side

No matter how hard she worked, she'd never truly

had bigger things

lady of the Sheldon house, to scheme for power, but she actually had the nerve to suggest Sienna drug Shane to force his hand... The whole thing was so low, Whitney could barely believe her ears. And judging by Sienna's shift from panic to

real question was

not-quite-relationship with Sandy. The guy's pursuit of love was going to be a long

caught Shane off guard, who

Whitney mentally mapped out her next moves. She needed to stop by the Nelsons' place soon-Mrs. Nelson's opinion mattered, and someone needed to keep a

was so oblivious, he'd probably walk right into Sienna's trap. Sienna had every advantage, and

hoped that blockhead would just get it together and win Sandy over today. She couldn't help but roll

like

Be bold-show up the hero, shut down all her other admirers. Wasn't it you who once pinned her against a bar walband kissed her senseless? Go do that again-when

Shane: "..."

the screen. "I'm serious. My grandma and Sienna aren't going to let you off